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Pregnancy is tough for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is balancing your own medical needs with trying to provide the best environment for your baby. It’s important to be mindful about what you put in your body because your baby is exposed to everything you consume....

  We’re proud to share that UNC Midwives has been recognized by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) as a 2024 Triple Aim Best Practice. This national recognition highlights our team’s exceptional performance in maternity care, aligning with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s “Triple Aim” goals: improving patient experience, enhancing population...

More than 69,000 women in the U.S. are expected to be diagnosed with endometrial cancer this year, making it the fourth most common cancer in women, and more than 13,900 are projected to die from it. Unlike most cancers, both incidence and mortality rates for endometrial cancer are rising. It...

UNC Gynecologic Oncology has been recognized with a FY25 Carolina Care Award for outstanding patient experience. The clinic was named one of the Top 5 clinics across UNC Health and recognized as one of the most improved in patient experience systemwide. This award reflects the Gynecologic Oncology team’s continued commitment...

The department of General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery faculty, fellows, alumni, and learners contributed across presentations and sessions at the Society of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology (SASGOG) Annual Meeting, held September 11–12, 2025, at the Curtis Denver in Colorado. Fellowship Alumni Meredith Wise, MD, MSCR – Named SASGOG...

“The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) is delighted to announce its support and co-sponsorship of Alexandria Kraus, MD, who has been named the George D. Wendel, Jr., MD Scholar for the 2025–2026 American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Scholars Program.”

Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, has been awarded $2.5M over five years by the National Institutes of Health for her research focused on improving human papillomavirus treatment outcomes in women living with HIV in Africa. Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, FACOG, has been awarded $2.5M over five years by the National...

ABC11 spoke with Dr. Ebony Carter, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist with UNC Health. She said it’s important to understand more about how these types of studies are conducted.

Lameck Chinula, MBBS, MMED, an Associate Professor of obstetrics and gynecology, recently graduated from the IGCS Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Training Program, a comprehensive two-year education and training program designed for regions around the world that do not currently have formal training in gynecologic oncology. He is the first from Malawi...

UNC-Chapel Hill has been announced as the recipient of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) award. Created by the Office of Research on Women’s Health in partnership with NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices, BIRCWH is a mentored career-development program designed to connect...

We are pleased to announce that Daniel Clarke-Pearson, MD, has been invited to present the James Rose Lectureship at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, on September 17. Dr. Clarke-Pearson is the chair emeritus of the UNC department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Clarke-Pearson will...

UNC Health is launching an OBGYN fellowship dedicated to rural women’s health. And it’s the first of its kind in the nation, according to a news release issued by the health system and Kavita Arora, director of the UNC Rural Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowship. “The goal of our fellowship is...